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	'''Eustace Frederick Rutter''' (20 June 1870 – 13 May 1915) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.		'''Eustace Frederick Rutter''' (20 June 1870 – 13 May 1915) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

	The son of the cricketer [[Frederick Rutter]], he was born at [[Hillingdon]] in June 1870. He was educated at [[Rugby School]],<ref name="RUG">{{cite book \|title=Rugby School Register\|first=Arthur Tompson\|last=Michell\|publisher=A. J. Lawrence\|location=Rugby\|year=1907\|page=106\|url=https://archive.org/details/rugbyschoolregis03rugbuoft\|language=en}}</ref> where he played for the school cricket team.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Wisden on the Great War\|first=Andrew\|last=Renshaw\|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]\|year=2014\|page=175\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zsVdAwAAQBAJ\|language=en\|isbn=9781408832363}}</ref> From Rugby, he matriculated to [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book\|last=McCrery\|first=Nigel\|title=Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6mphCgAAQBAJ\|date=30 July 2015\|publisher=[[Pen and Sword]]\|isbn=978-1473864191\|page=96}}</ref> While at Cambridge, he decided upon a career in the [[British Army]] and graduated from the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries\|second lieutenant]] into the [[East Lancashire Regiment]] in 1892,<ref name="BOOK"/> with promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)\|lieutenant]] following in January 1896.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=26755\|date=3 July 1896\|page=3855}}</ref> Rutter served in [[British India]] in the [[Mohmand campaign of 1897–1898]] and the [[Tirah campaign]], later serving in South Africa during the [[Second Boer War]], where he was present at the [[Siege of Ladysmith]] and was decorated with the [[Queen's South Africa Medal]] with three clasps.<ref name="~~BOOK~~"/><ref name="~~RUG~~"/>		The son of the cricketer [[Frederick Rutter]], he was born at [[Hillingdon]] in June 1870. He was educated at [[Rugby School]],<ref name="RUG">{{cite book \|title=Rugby School Register\|first=Arthur Tompson\|last=Michell\|publisher=A. J. Lawrence\|location=Rugby\|year=1907\|page=106\|url=https://archive.org/details/rugbyschoolregis03rugbuoft\|language=en}}</ref> where he played for the school cricket team.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Wisden on the Great War\|first=Andrew\|last=Renshaw\|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]\|year=2014\|page=175\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zsVdAwAAQBAJ\|language=en\|isbn=9781408832363}}</ref> From Rugby, he matriculated to [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book\|last=McCrery\|first=Nigel\|title=Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6mphCgAAQBAJ\|date=30 July 2015\|publisher=[[Pen and Sword]]\|isbn=978-1473864191\|page=96}}</ref> While at Cambridge, he decided upon a career in the [[British Army]] and graduated from the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries\|second lieutenant]] into the [[East Lancashire Regiment]] in 1892,<ref name="BOOK"/> with promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)\|lieutenant]] following in January 1896.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=26755\|date=3 July 1896\|page=3855}}</ref> Rutter served in [[British India]] in the [[Mohmand campaign of 1897–1898]] and the [[Tirah campaign]], later serving in South Africa during the [[Second Boer War]], where he was present at the [[Siege of Ladysmith]] and was decorated with the [[Queen's South Africa Medal]] with three clasps.<ref name="RUG"/><ref name="BOOK"/>

	He gained promotion to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|captain]] in September 1901,<ref>{{cite book\|title=Hart's Annual Army List\|publisher=[[John Murray (publishing house)\|John Murray]]\|date=1915\|page=431\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCgwAQAAMAAJ}}</ref> and while serving back in British India he was seconded for as an [[Adjutant#UK and other Commonwealth countries\|adjutant]] of Indian Volunteers in August 1905.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=27832\|date=1 September 1905\|page=5977}}</ref> While serving once again in British India, Rutter played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] on eight occasions between 1905 and 1908 in the [[Bombay Quadrangular\|Bombay Presidency Matches]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14490/First-Class_Matches.html\|title=First-Class Matches played by Eustace Rutter\|publisher=CricketArchive\|access-date=23 November 2022\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In his eight matches, he scored 142 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)\|average]] of 10.92, with a highest score of 23.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14490/f_Batting_by_Team.html\|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Eustace Rutter\|publisher=CricketArchive\|access-date=23 November 2022\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> His service in India came to an end in April 1910, at which point he was restored to the East Lancashire Regiment.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=28363\|date=6 May 1910\|page=3165}}</ref> Rutter served in the [[First World War]] with the Regiment on the [[Western Front (WWI)\|Western Front]], being promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)\|major]] in March 1915, antedated to December 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29092\|date=5 March 1915\|page=2341\|supp=y}}</ref> Rutter was killed in action at the [[Second Battle of Ypres]] on 13 May 1915, having been shot in the head during a German assault.<ref name="BOOK"/> His uncle, [[Edward Rutter\|Edward]], was also a first-class cricketer.		He gained promotion to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|captain]] in September 1901,<ref>{{cite book\|title=Hart's Annual Army List\|publisher=[[John Murray (publishing house)\|John Murray]]\|date=1915\|page=431\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCgwAQAAMAAJ}}</ref> and while serving back in British India he was seconded for as an [[Adjutant#UK and other Commonwealth countries\|adjutant]] of Indian Volunteers in August 1905.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=27832\|date=1 September 1905\|page=5977}}</ref> While serving once again in British India, Rutter played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] on eight occasions between 1905 and 1908 in the [[Bombay Quadrangular\|Bombay Presidency Matches]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14490/First-Class_Matches.html\|title=First-Class Matches played by Eustace Rutter\|publisher=CricketArchive\|access-date=23 November 2022\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In his eight matches, he scored 142 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)\|average]] of 10.92, with a highest score of 23.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14490/f_Batting_by_Team.html\|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Eustace Rutter\|publisher=CricketArchive\|access-date=23 November 2022\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> His service in India came to an end in April 1910, at which point he was restored to the East Lancashire Regiment.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=28363\|date=6 May 1910\|page=3165}}</ref> Rutter served in the [[First World War]] with the Regiment on the [[Western Front (WWI)\|Western Front]], being promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)\|major]] in March 1915, antedated to December 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29092\|date=5 March 1915\|page=2341\|supp=y}}</ref> Rutter was killed in action at the [[Second Battle of Ypres]] on 13 May 1915, having been shot in the head during a German assault.<ref name="BOOK"/> His uncle, [[Edward Rutter\|Edward]], was also a first-class cricketer.

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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Eustace Frederick Rutter
| birth_date = 20 June 1870
| birth_place = [[Hillingdon]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1915|5|13|1870|6|20}}
| death_place = [[Ypres]], [[West Flanders]], Belgium
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| nickname =
| family = [[Frederick Rutter]] (father)<br>[[Edward Rutter]] (uncle)
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1905/06–1908/09
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 8
| runs1 = 142
| bat avg1 = 10.92
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 23
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–
| date = 23 November
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/eustace-rutter-33303 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Eustace Frederick Rutter''' (20 June 1870 – 13 May 1915) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son of the cricketer [[Frederick Rutter]], he was born at [[Hillingdon]] in June 1870. He was educated at [[Rugby School]],<ref name="RUG">{{cite book |title=Rugby School Register|first=Arthur Tompson|last=Michell|publisher=A. J. Lawrence|location=Rugby|year=1907|page=106|url=https://archive.org/details/rugbyschoolregis03rugbuoft|language=en}}</ref> where he played for the school cricket team.<ref>{{cite book |title=Wisden on the Great War|first=Andrew|last=Renshaw|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|year=2014|page=175|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zsVdAwAAQBAJ|language=en|isbn=9781408832363}}</ref> From Rugby, he matriculated to [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|last=McCrery|first=Nigel|title=Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6mphCgAAQBAJ|date=30 July 2015|publisher=[[Pen and Sword]]|isbn=978-1473864191|page=96}}</ref> While at Cambridge, he decided upon a career in the [[British Army]] and graduated from the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] into the [[East Lancashire Regiment]] in 1892,<ref name="BOOK"/> with promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] following in January 1896.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26755|date=3 July 1896|page=3855}}</ref> Rutter served in [[British India]] in the [[Mohmand campaign of 1897–1898]] and the [[Tirah campaign]], later serving in South Africa during the [[Second Boer War]], where he was present at the [[Siege of Ladysmith]] and was decorated with the [[Queen's South Africa Medal]] with three clasps.<ref name="BOOK"/><ref name="RUG"/>

He gained promotion to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in September 1901,<ref>{{cite book|title=Hart's Annual Army List|publisher=[[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]]|date=1915|page=431|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCgwAQAAMAAJ}}</ref> and while serving back in British India he was seconded for as an [[Adjutant#UK and other Commonwealth countries|adjutant]] of Indian Volunteers in August 1905.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27832|date=1 September 1905|page=5977}}</ref> While serving once again in British India, Rutter played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] on eight occasions between 1905 and 1908 in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency Matches]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14490/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Eustace Rutter|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=23 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In his eight matches, he scored 142 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 10.92, with a highest score of 23.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14490/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Eustace Rutter|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=23 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> His service in India came to an end in April 1910, at which point he was restored to the East Lancashire Regiment.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28363|date=6 May 1910|page=3165}}</ref> Rutter served in the [[First World War]] with the Regiment on the [[Western Front (WWI)|Western Front]], being promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in March 1915, antedated to December 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29092|date=5 March 1915|page=2341|supp=y}}</ref> Rutter was killed in action at the [[Second Battle of Ypres]] on 13 May 1915, having been shot in the head during a German assault.<ref name="BOOK"/> His uncle, [[Edward Rutter|Edward]], was also a first-class cricketer.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=33303}}

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